No more papa smurf look with cobalt gauges

[Philtopgun]

Thanks to Alligator for the help of telling me about using a 330ohm resistor for the lighting on the Cobalt gauges. To me, they were to bright at night and I really couldnt see well out the vehicle in the area of where the gauges were. So, I went to radio shack and picked up the 330ohm resistor and put it on to dim the lights better. The lights are set up with the dimmer, but they are brighter than the dash lights. Here are a couple pics of the easy job, if this is something someone wants to do.

 

[squeeky]

Might be something I have to consider adding.

 

[clayt171]

Another thing to consider is putting in a 1K pot. Then you can adjust it to your taste.

 

[paoutdoorsman]

Where did you install that resistor? Looks like you added it into a wire in the factory harness.

 

[Philtopgun]

yeah, its the dimmer wire for the dash. I grabbed the power from the fuse box, tapped a bolt into the dash for ground, and dimmer wire to dim the gauges with the dash dimmer.

 

[PhilsLB7]

The gauge in the air vent also looks good. :rofl:

 

[Philtopgun]

The gauge in the air vent also looks good. :rofl:

Ha, shoot, here in Texas that gauge better b reading 52* in the summer or Im taking it to get the A/C checked!!!

My reg cab GMC reads 48*. My dad had one in his truck, n it just kinda carried over